Brownie Trilogy

I am not a big fan of sweet cakes, such as brownie or cup cakes. I had a very terrible experience of the cup cakes. I have no idea how the Americans can eat the cup cakes. Are them eating sugar directly? I doubt.

Since the brownies are all so sweet, I decided to make the brownies that I can eat. After stirring flour, oil, water, chocolate powder, and eggs, I tried to put the starch evenly in the backing plate. But it’s hard.

After 40 minutes, I anxiously opened the oven and was unsure about the big brown piece in front of me. After I had the first piece, I was sure that it’s not so sweet and could be eaten.

Are they good? I can’t tell till someone tells me. Colleen had three piece straight; Angela, who has the same reason of not eating brownies with me, ate them; two coworkers gave positive feedback; additional two people were happy to have them. According to the feedback I received, I can now tell you that the brownies are really good.

Housewarming

Supposedly Yen and Angela would attend my housewarming party, but Yen totally forgot that she had an appointment with her friends on the same day. That’s her, I would say. Someday during a conversation with Angela, I said that the set of salt and black pepper bottles made by MOMA is so cute. And there it is – my housewarming gift. Thanks, Angela. But they are cute to be the salt and pepper bottles, so I have to use them as decoration.

I think someone still owes me a gift...

2007 NYC Neighborhood Achievement Awards

NYC Neighborhood Achievement Awards was on July 19, 2007. Colleen said the mayor would take pictures with the participants on that day every year. I was so excited about that, so I put my CK suit on for the special photo I would have. When I got in office, I saw everyone who was going to the event all dressed up. I think everyone was excited as I was.

I won’t be so surprised if only one or two coworkers told me that I looked sharp. But the thing turned out to be surprising. About 8 colleagues said the same thing to me: You were sharp today. It paid off, I told myself. Everything was so expensive, so I had to struggle a lot when I purchased the full business suit apparel.

Many of us left office for the event together on 4 o’clock. By the time we arrived the mayor residence, there were already a lot of people waiting for the opening despite the slight rain.

This was my first time to be a place that was so business-orientated. Exchanging business cards, greeting, and social chats were so new to me. And it was a lot of fun.

At 6:30 the mayor finally arrived. He had an interesting and short speech, which is fantastic, for the opening. The awarding ceremony came off afterwards.

Okay, it’s time to take pictures, I expected. However, the mayor left the event quickly after the ceremony. We were all shocked. I guess it is because he ran out of time. He arrived one hour behind the schedule, but he didn’t make up for the time that he supposed to stay.

I was disappointed about it. Hopefully I will have another chance to take a picture with him someday.